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Submitted to Contest #100
“My deepest apologies to you, sir,” my father says into the phone, “Yes, I will make sure it never happens again. Okay, have a good day.” Once he carefully places the phone back on the wall, he shoots me a look that says, I’m very disappointed in you. I look away. “Pearl, I thought better of you were better than this, you're gonna be in college soon, stop being immature," his bushy brown eyebrows furrow at the thought of me getting in trouble again. “I told you, he started it,” I sound like a six year old, whining and creating silly excus...
Submitted to Contest #81
When I turned sixteen, I had recently gotten a waiter job at Ruby Rose's Diner. The diner was a small building with a vintage look. It had a flashing sign that said EAT in illuminated reddish letters. If I had the choice, I would never had wanted to work there, but my parents strictly enforced that I stay busy over the summer. I had many great qualities; muscular build, wide smile, brown skin, most of the girls in my school had crushes on me, but my biggest flaw was my laziness. My next door neighbor, Mr. Macintosh owned Ruby Rose's he off...
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